Use excel itself. Data>Get Data>From File>From PDF More on reddit.com

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Converting pdf to excel does sound tough and complex. Indeed it is, without the right pdf editor is not an easy task. I have tried many PDF editors especially to convert it into excel and eventually I was able to do it correctly with the UPDF editor all the tables and format converted efficiently. It is a complete PDF editor with all editing, conversation features and many advanced features. More on reddit.com

you’re right that most converters struggle to keep tables aligned when going from pdf to excel especially when the pdf layout isn’t perfectly structured the best results usually come from tools that use ocr to detect tables instead of just reading text columns you can also try exporting the pdf as a csv and reformatting it in excel but that’s more work i’ve been using smallpdf lately and it’s been solid at keeping tables intact even on multi page files it recognizes the columns pretty accurately and doesn’t split everything into separate tabs for best results make sure the pdf isn’t a scanned image but an actual text based file since ocr can only go so far More on reddit.com